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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS L. PYE, OF NEWY YORK, N. Y.

BRACKET FOR CURTAIN-CORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,985, dated December 18, 1860. i

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. PYE, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Brackets for the Cords of Curtains; and I do hereby declare that the following' is a full, clear, and exact description of the nature of my said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my said bracket, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same in a slightly modified form.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

My said invention relates to the bracket carrying the sheave or roller around which the cord to the window shade or curtain passes, and which bracket keeps said cord tight.

In the drawing a, is a portion of the window casing or other surface to which the bracket is attached by the screw bracket o.

c, is the curtain cord passing around the roller or sheave d, and e, is a wire or rod carrying this roller d, which rod may be either square round or oval in section and passes through the spring clamp f, that is formed as a split pipe to receive the said rod e, and is clamped upon the surface of said rod by the socket g, so that the rod is held firmly at any point to which it may be drawn or slid in the act of tighteningthe cord c. The socket g is made tapering so as to force the divided or split pipe f firmly upon the surface of the rod e, as the said socket is made to act upon the said pipe, and for this purpose smooth tapering surfaces in the inside of said socket and outside of the pipe may be used as in F ig. l, or a conical or tapering screw thread may be provided as in Fig. 2. It will be seen that in Fig. 1, the split pipe f is attached to or formed on the screw bracket o, while the socket g is movable, but that in Fig. 2, the socket g is on the bracket b, and the pipe 7" is movable; the action in both cases being the same.

Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Iletters Patent is The divided or split pipe f, and tapering socket g, combined with the rod c, carrying the roller d, substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this thirtieth day of Novem- 2 ber 1860.

THOS. L. PYE. Witnesses:

CHAs. H. SMITH, THos. GEO. HAROLD. 

